Tobacco & Vaping Products: Bahamas import duty
All 22 tariff lines under Chapter 24 (tobacco & vaping products) enter The Bahamas duty-free, at 0% import duty. It includes cigarettes & cigars, vapes & nicotine products and unmanufactured tobacco. Duty is not the whole bill: The Bahamas adds a 1% customs processing fee (minimum $10, maximum $1,500) and 10% VAT on the landed cost. 19 of these lines also carry excise duty (25%–300%, plus per-gallon rates on some lines), charged on entry under the Excise Act on top of anything above.
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Duty rates for every tobacco & vaping products tariff line
Grouped by 4-digit heading; follow a heading for its own page. Descriptions are the sub-heading detail; the heading text is the row above.
| HS code | Description | Import duty |
|---|---|---|
| 2401 · Unmanufactured tobacco · 3 lines, free of import duty, 25% excise | ||
2401.1000 |
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped | Free+ 25% excise |
2401.2000 |
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped | Free+ 25% excise |
2401.3000 |
Tobacco refuse | Free+ 25% excise |
| 2402 · Cigarettes & Cigars · 5 lines, free of import duty, 200%–300% excise | ||
2402.1010 |
Cigars | Free+ $3.00 BSD per stick excise |
2402.1020 |
Cheroots and cigarillos | Free+ 300% excise |
2402.1090 |
Other | Free+ 200% excise |
2402.2000 |
Cigarettes containing tobacco | Free+ $0.25 BSD excise |
2402.9000 |
Other | Free+ 220% excise |
| 2403 · Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes · 8 lines, free of import duty, 220% excise | ||
2403.1100 |
Water pipe tobacco specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.1910 |
Fine cut | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.1990 |
Other | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.9100 |
“Homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.9910 |
Chewing tobacco | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.9920 |
Extracts and essences | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.9930 |
Snuff | Free+ 220% excise |
2403.9990 |
Other | Free+ 220% excise |
| 2404 · Vapes & Nicotine Products · 6 lines, duty-free | ||
2404.1100 |
Containing tobacco or reconstituted tobacco | Free+ 300% excise |
2404.1200 |
Other, containing nicotine | Free+ 300% excise |
2404.1900 |
Other | Free+ 300% excise |
2404.9100 |
Other — For oral application | Free |
2404.9200 |
Other — For transdermal application | Free |
2404.9900 |
Other — Other | Free |
Bahamas Tariff Act (schedule version 2026-2027) · 22 lines shown. Lines tagged verified have been individually checked against the current schedule; the rest are as published in the Tariff Act. Lines marked + excise tax are free of customs duty but carry excise on entry; that rate is set by the Excise Act and is not part of this schedule. Rates are import duty only. Final classification and charges are determined by Bahamas Customs.